Stellaris Crisis: Rise of the Swarm
Chapter 336

Swelling strength

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In fact, what Turrell had in mind was a mimic bug, and it was a defective one. Because it could not hatch, other mimic bugs thought the egg was broken, so they didn't care much about it.

By chance, the mimic worm and Turrell merged into one body, and Turrell's body helped the mimic bug complete the organs needed for hatching.

On one side is the little fox who is being exploited, and on the other side is the mimic insect with imperfect memory. This is really a very unexpected combination.

In the galaxy that he has just expanded, Overmind Zhang Han feels that his development during this period has been smooth sailing, not a small good, but a great one.

A large number of Hatchery split away, and after confirming his strength and mental power, they took refuge.

It has also colonized many undeveloped galaxies, and the total number of galaxies has the momentum to break through 80. This is the advantage brought by development without anyone to restrain it. When these Hatchery are developed, the production capacity of the Zhang Han Swarm fleet will be doubled several times.

This is not a battle bug like Zergling, this is a complete Swarm fleet including large units such as Brood Lord and Swarm Leviathan.

Of course, Hatchery, which grew too fast in scale, also brought trouble. Integrating the trends in Swarm Network took up almost all of Zhang Han's time.

At the same time, Overmind Zhang Han's mental power also increased, and his character gradually became cruel and murderous.

The human consciousness is very afraid of this change. In order to prevent his clone from being integrated into Swarm Network too quickly, he would play games and chat with Overmind consciousness from time to time to help him stabilize himself.

On this day, when the two consciousnesses were playing the new version of Interstellar developed by Isa during their break, an unexpected message interrupted them.

"Zagara's communication request? She has been ruthless during the battle, how can she still dare to communicate with me?" Overmind was very surprised.

After thinking about it carefully, even though Zhang Han did hate Zagara, he was also very curious about what she wanted to say, so the two parties connected the communication on the public network.

"Hello, powerful consciousness fragment, Zagara recognizes your power." Zagara's consciousness is just an ordinary Queen, much shorter than Zhang Han's Overmind, but she looks up at Zhang Han without fear.

"What? Are you ready to surrender? If you give in now, maybe I will be merciful and let you go." Seeing Zagara's arrogant attitude, Zhang Han said directly sarcastically.

"Hahaha, I like your confidence, but it's too early to surrender now. I'm here to talk about cooperation, a cooperation that is good for you and me."

"I don't know what Kundera promised you, and you have to try your best to help him. But, it is obvious that you are destroying yourself by doing this. Do you think that after Kundera defeated me, you can stop him alone?"

Zagara put both hands on his chest and kept tapping between his fingers.

"I have fought with you. You are too young and inexperienced. It is difficult to fight against nodes like me and Kundera who have tens of millions of years of fighting experience. Once I fail, you will also fail when facing Kundera alone."

"What you said really makes me feel funny. I thought you would have something to say when communicating with me, but in the end you just came to sow discord?" Zhang Han looked disdainful.

"It sounds like you are thinking about me, but what about your behavior? During the battle between us, you always wanted to kill Kundera and me. Even an ordinary Swarm Node knows not to be so ruthless in a civil war."

"Do you also think that I am too unscrupulous? It seems so, but isn't that what Overmind competition is like? Only the strongest, smartest, and cruelest individual should win and be qualified to lead Swarm."

Zagara showed a very disappointed expression, "You are still too young and too naive. If it is not to compete to find the strongest one, why does Overmind not let the nodes vote? Instead, it should adopt a war competition method?"

"You have been deceived by Kundera. He always speaks and acts in an upright manner. In fact, it is all his disguise. If you believe his words, you have fallen into his trap. You have to think about yourself and not be used by him."

Yes, instead of selecting the strongest one, why use civil war to select the new Overmind? Zhang Han is thinking about the problem from this perspective for the first time...

From a competitive perspective, is Kundera lying and disguising himself? Zhang Han had not seriously considered it before, but now he is indeed a little worried. During the Cadian offensive and defensive battle, his Swarm fleet with such excellent quality could not gain an advantage in the confrontation with Zagara.

And Kundera, who can fight Zagara at a 50-50 ratio, will not be easy to deal with. Will he really lie to himself, use his own power to contain Zagara, and after defeating Zagara, then turn his gun to defeat him?

Zhang Han fell into deep thought. What Zagara said is not unreasonable... When the three parties compete, strategic choice seems to be more important.

"I will remove the defense on that star gate, so that your fleet can pass through the star gate and come to the frontal battlefield where Kundla and I are fighting. You can see the intensity of the confrontation between us and then make your own choice."

Seemingly seeing Zhang Han's hesitation, Zagara revealed his plan.

"Since you don't have direct access, you have enough time to think about whether to send your fleet to help me or Kundera, or wait until both of us are defeated before making the final move Reaper."

The condition put forward by Zagara made Zhang Han very excited, and it was like giving him the initiative. However, could this be the bait thrown by Zagara, the bait waiting for him to bite?

"Since you are willing to give up the Star Gate, of course I am willing to accept it, but I don't believe you. I will not listen to your suggestions on what I will do. I will see for myself and make my own choice."

The bait was so fragrant that Zhang Han decided to agree first. As for what to do in the future, it would depend on the situation.

"It doesn't matter. I know there are many gaps between us, and it is difficult to establish trust at once, but this can be considered a good start. As I just said, you have the right to choose, and I will give you the Star Gate properly."

Zagara showed a happy smile, which made Zhang Han a little scared. He was also thinking about the possibility that the star gate was a trap.

Ten days later, the first fleet of Zhang Han, a fleet of one hundred thousand Swarm, crossed the star gate and entered the hinterland of Zagara.

This fleet was originally used to explore the road, but as Zagara said here, she withdrew all defenses, all the garrisoned fleets, and large-scale wars Hatchery all withdrew.

Even the planets that were originally filled with spore towers were evacuated, and there was silence. It seemed that Zagara had really fulfilled its promise and abandoned this key star gate.

This situation was full of weirdness, which made Zhang Han think that it was a trap.

So Zhang Han, who occupied the other end of the star gate, did not rush through hyperspace and investigate the surroundings. Instead, he chose to build defense facilities and replant his own spore towers on the bare planet.

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